Tonight begins now. Good evening, its great to have you with us here on a very busy night. And sadly, we do begin with another Horrific School shooting. A difficult night for this nation, as we have learned 17 dead after a shooting rampage inside a florida high school. Gunfire heard inside and outside the school. It was put on lockdown. Students running for their lives. A massive show of force from Law Enforcement. Some of the injured treated on the sidewalk outside the school. Meantime, these images now emerging, inside the school, students hiding from the gunfire, armed s. W. A. T. Teams entering, going classroom to classroom. Yoca hear the students in horror. Anguished parents waiting to hear from their children. Tearful reunions when they finally reached them. At this hour, a suspect is in custody. It is believed he was a former student. His name is nikolas cruz. We do have team coverage, beginning with abcs Victor Oquendo on the scene tonight. Reporter tonight in florida, Marjory
Weve seen police for the last hour or so tweeting some of the injured. There you see one being wheeled away on a stretcher, evacuating from the school up until moments ago, parents within text contact with their children. This high school has ten buildings, several thousand students, according to michael katz, one of the students we spoke with, the shooting went on for about four to six minutes, too many shots to count. He said in several locations of the school there you see the students running out of the school. Theyve been running out in periodic bursts. This is still being described as an active shooting situation. Weve seen pictures of one person being taken into custody. We dont know yet whether that was the shooter. The police are still treating this as an active situation. So much concern there in south florida right now. Tom llamas, you reported from there for many years and youve seen a massive response over this last hour. Reporter yeah, i was talking to a Law Enforcement s
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Theyre both standing by, but first lets take a closer look at what is in the memo with abcs david wright who is near maralago in florida. David, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan and paula faris. The release of this secret memo has caused a political firestorm and while it may not include the bombshell promised by house republicans, the memo and the politics surrounding its release could have some major fallout for the russia investigation. I think its a disgrace, whats going on in this country. I think its a disgrace. A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. Reporter President Trump has made it Crystal Clear what he thinks of the memo. This now is the biggest abuse of power Corruption Case in american history. Reporter the democrats say its the president and his allies who are playing politics. The goal was simply to get a misleading piece of information before the public, help support the president , help discredit the Mueller Investigat
Reporters now talking about the gunman who opened fire from the mandalay bay hotel. Did he seem suspicious . And super bowl countdown. Our birdseye view of how prot public and walking the field with homeland security. Plus, all the fun from the celeit oneal playing d. J. Hey, good morning, everybody. Lets get right to our top story. Its dominating the headlines this morning. The storm over a controversial memo from republicans in congress which accuses officials in the fbi and in the department of justice of abusing their power. That is in the russia investigation. Now, this is a layered story. We are going to unpack it for you through the morning. Overnight the president who agreed to declassify that memo, he arrived in florida at maralago. He is facing uproar from democrats who say the memo omits facts and may ultimately be used as motivation for trump to fire the Justice Department official thats overseeing the russia investigation. Our political analysts and Law Enforcement analyst